There are several reports that opening the Energy Saver Preference
Pane and changing the processor performance setting to something
different than what it is (from Automatic to Highest or some reports
say to Reduced will cause the fans to spin back down. Yet some others
claim that just toggle the setting and it makes things work again. Of
course there are some mentioning that they are not having a problem.
Jerry
On Nov 3, 2005, at 12:25 AM, Profile wrote:
> Jerry,
>
> I went over this before I began to perform, it says this is for
> late 2004 production G5's, mine is much earlier, so I went to the
> Knowledgebase and discovered that the resetting is then called the
> PMU, yet there are no instructions for the G5 tower, only the G5 X
> Serve, so do you know what those of us that have a pre 2004 unit
> can do?
>
> Thanks again, off to bed, so I'll check in the A.M.
>
> John R.
>
>
> On Nov 2, 2005, at 11:15 PM, Jerry Freeman wrote:
>
>> From the knowledgebase re fan issue:
>>
>> Resetting the SMU can resolve some computer issues such as not
>> starting up, not displaying video, sleep issues, fan noise issues,
>> and so on. If your computer still exhibits these types of issues
>> even after you've restarted the computer, try resetting the SMU.
>>
>> To reset the SMU on a Power Mac G5 (Late 2004) computer, simply do
>> the following:
>> Turn off the computer by selecting Shut Down from the Apple menu
>> or by holding the power button until the computer turns off.
>> Remove the power cord from the computer.
>> Wait 15 seconds.
>> Plug in the power cord.
>> Turn on the computer.
>
>
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